Is on the ground at the protests. Also coming up violent scenes outside georgias parliament in the capital tbilisi angry protesters tried to halt a russian lawmaker inside that building making an address. And deadlock over the use top job summit failing to agree on who should replace Commission President dog. And fill all other powerful top e. U. Positions. Plus hunting the Hidden Forces of the universe the worlds most advanced text telescope preparing to launch into space its mission to find the mysterious phenomenon known as dark energy and search for invisible objects. Im brian thomas thanks. So much for joining us. Heres our flooding the streets of hong kong at this hour in another round of demonstrations after leader kerry lamb ignored a deadline to withdraw a controversy 0 extradition bill activists are demanding that lam scrapped the proposed bill by thursday but these calls of that ignored they want lam to resign and release a number of government protesters detained last week thousands of protesters have converged on on kongs Police Headquarters and are now blocking major roads. Mathias building and joins us now from hong kong for more a material good morning to you whats happening where you are with the protesters at Police Headquarters its pretty much calm right now people are here in front of the headquarters it was a minor standoff people are still angry this is a very young crowd a very angry crowd that say the core of the protests its not as big as it was last week there are chances that it will remain peaceful today we dont feel the same tensions that we felt last week. We could maybe just have a look at how they are have prepared and also how they are now disputing how to proceed after 2 weeks of protests. We met nominees fellow students in the lead up to this demonstration then members of a Student Organization their task is to ensure that protest is a 50 down food today they accept donations from the Public People bring by mosques some goebbels against Police Tear Gas helmets and shoes quantities of water. I hope the protests were peaceful to you but well be standing by in case any kind of foreign actions happen and how far satan will be able to help that no matter if theyre like and peacefully or like different kinds of approach on the protests i hope we could all be like united and came out to express out this concert of 4 days groups of protesters have occupied this square in front of Hong Kongs Legislative Council the citys assembly the demonstrators all have the same demands but differ on what should happen next those and how we watch all that moisture we should escalator action and we should be more assertive we should shake the government up for example by surrounding the government headquarters or occupying the roads nearby to make our voices heard. What they will gungahlin valid us all you still need a lot of. Peaceful and a lot of manpower to support them but as i can see now these corrupt people is not going out and to more its quite a and i guess they were still go to work so it may not be the best timing to fly again. Ahead of this protest the government announced it will shut down for the Day Hong Kong is on edge everyone is wondering what today will bring. Images looking at that report it appears that what began as a protest against an extradition law is becoming more than that yes the governments actions in the last 2 weeks have really really angered people here and their demand is that the extradition bill has been postponed so its not as urgent but people are angry with the polices reaction last week they demand an excuse and they demand the release of those who have been detained during these clashes and their demand. To resign the chief executive to resign so all these demands have not been met and were going to see how things proceed but on the long term peoples discontent is not going away ok considering that mathias youve mentioned that the scenes behind you right now at the Police Headquarters are calm but could we see this weekend the type of numbers we saw on sunday taking to the streets millions of people from hong kong angry about the government. This weekend no big demonstration has been scheduled so we are not going to see these crowds taking out again there is another. Date coming up thats the 1st of july thats the anniversary of the handover to china its a traditional march of the Opposition Forces and people expect this one to be much bigger than the ones that weve seen in the last years but for now for this week and see we will not see this these crowds taking out again ok mathias thanks so much for now for that from hong kong. Now the u. S. Has barred all american record syrian aircraft from flying over parts of the persian gulf and the gulf of oman tensions in the region have spiked after iran shot down an American Military drone the New York Times is reporting that washington planned limited strikes on iran in response but then call them off around and says it has proof the drone was flying over its territory which the u. S. Denies. The pentagon says these grainy images show a u. S. Drone tumbling from the sky over the gulf of oman the latest in a series of incidents that raise the specter of war in the region has u. S. President donald trump emerged from the white house many reporters had the same question. On the. Part of. Trump was hosting canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau after heightening the suspense the president appeared to backpedal that a joint q. And a session in the oval office only moments later i think probably iran made a mistake i would imagine it was a general or somebody that made a mistake in shooting that drone down. But iran appeared in no mood to apologize as it proudly announced the shooting down of the u. S. Drone on state television. At a rally irans elite revolutionary guard said it had destroyed the drone to send a strong message to the u. S. Oh many. How you know me those who defend the border of the islamic nation of iran will react in a total and decisive way to any intrusion by foreign elements on our land what off our own. Mind our borders how are our red line you know an enemy that violates our borders and will not return and will be destroyed on e. The commander were going to say iran was ready for war but added the country was not seeking conflict with any nation. But the incident comes at a time of rising tension between tehran and washington which began when the us abandoned the International Nuclear deal last year. After the us ratcheted up sanctions iran this week announced it would no longer abide by the terms of the agreement and could soon restart its nuclear activity. The recent attack on 2 oil tankers in the gulf of oman adds to the tension over by on wednesday the u. S. Military presented more evidence that it said links tehran to the incident this time iran denied its involvement so far the u. S. Has not reacted to what it sees as iranian provocations despite such restraint the fear is that an ever escalating standoff could result in war. Now as for if you and some of the other stories making the news at this hour britains governing conservative party has narrowed the field of candidates or party leader and for Prime Minister the former foreign minister Boris Johnson is seen as the clear front runner if aces current foreign minister jeremy hunt in the final stage of the leadership contest tory Party Members will vote it will appoint a new leader in late july the morning before my wedding. Final Campaign Rallies have been held in mauritania ahead of this weekends president ial election current president mohamed of the season stepping down after 2 terms in office votes expected to leave the west african nations 1st peaceful transfer of power in about 6 decades. Antigovernment protesters in albania have stormed polling stations across the country ahead of an upcoming municipal election the balkan state was thrown into turmoil earlier this year after a mass resignation of opposition politicians. Now dozens of people have been injured in the georgian capital tbilisi after a night of class. As in front of the countrys Parliament Building protesters trying to storm that building when they heard a russian lawmaker who was addressing the Assembly Georgia severed relations with its neighbor after russia backed separatist movements in parts of georgia. It started off peacefully enough and then canisters of tear gas rained down on protesters. I. Call this because a russian politician visited the parliament in tbilisi and gave a speech the lawmaker supports the independence of 2 breakaway regions in georgia in response protesters swarmed the parliament demanding the governments resignation. Russia and georgia have a testy relationship and they have not had diplomatic ties in over 10 years and. Hes a recent history because collins has invited russian m. P. In the sick days of georgia to face me he thinks a missile i would prefer. Shes ok shes in peace and. He was calling me to kill all these guys you like to give it all and not little italy a lot to do for you to love to see in. The tear gas to not deter the protesters so police turned her over bullets. Crowd repeatedly surged attempting to break into the building but were turned back. To georgian Prime Minister accused the Opposition Party of quote provoking the riots. What has been described as a spontaneous protest by ordinary georgians quickly descended into a night of violence. This is the news live from berlin still to come on the show the us in top form is the cruise pass weve been into the womens world cup last 16 well take a look. And in search of the force known as dark energy will prepare you for blastoff as a Pioneering Space telescope begins is on for that power. But 1st your leaders are not deadlock after failing to agree on who should fill the box top jobs when the Current Administration finishes its work this fall at the heart of this impasse is a disagreement between 2 of the use driving forces france and germany. To disappointment written all over their faces. And then a disenchanting message. There was no majority on the nic on the date. The 28 heads of state were set to decide on a candidate for the e. U. s top job the head of the e. U. Commission and these were the hopefuls the european partys lead candidates have been campaigning throughout the e. U. Liberals conservatives and social democrats but paris didnt want to limit itself to the lead candidate process. Says the system doesnt exist in our treaties we cannot discuss things that were just invented to be practical but the treaties are clear on these matters. The demonstration of affection on the sidelines could not hide the open dispute between germany and france now that the lead candidate system seems to have failed berlin is worried about a lack of majority when it comes to approving a nominee in the European Parliaments the its done because we know many of the candidates but we want to avoid a crisis with parliament where we would come to realize that what we suggest doesnt get accepted that would be good for the work of the European Parliament over the next 5 years pressure is high whoever gets this job will have an effect on the other top positions in the e. U. But the outgoing head of the e. U. Commission didnt let the situation spoil his mood so they. Can increase i wish we could have agreed on a successor to the president of the European Commission to do it on the budget so i was amused to note that it is very difficult to replace me if you see them all. The other. E. U. Leaders are expected to meet again next week in a final bid to choose the right person for the job. Ok lets go straight to brussels and bring in our correspondent there derek mathis good morning why no agreement on these key posts at such a critical time for the u. It appears brian that we still lack the sense of urgency that it takes to make sometimes painful compromises if you look at. The raw itself what has that likely complicated matters is the fact that the european politicians would like to play a stronger role in the process of finding the top job for the European Commission in preselecting candidates for that job and if you talk to french president emanuel in my car in the early hours of this morning you made clear that all the lead candidates have been eliminated now german chancellor Angela Merkel has a somewhat i would say softer and of events from last night and this morning by saying that there is no majority you may say yet for those lead candidates but overall you have to see that this system of candidates really took a blow last night it is difficult and its different from if you look at last time around John Breaux Juncker at least had the full majority from the European Parliament pushing him as a lead candidate now this time round of both the European Parliament and the council that is Member States do not agree on who should navigate the European Union through difficult times through lots of challenges that are to come ok thanks so much for that update from brussels. Is to kazakhstan now where a joint russian European Team is preparing to launch a pioneering telescope into space. Will be searching for dark energy a force to start to be pulling the universe apart but that has never been directly observed. Its on its way to eliminate to the universe erode the top of the worlds most advanced x. Ray telescope its only the size of a wardrobe but its going to be a vital tool to hunt for black holes discover new galaxies and to measure dark energy made in germany alone on bart ever russian satellite the super powerful telescopes long Mission Begins here in the kazakhstan at the cosmodrome by scientists hope of the arrows it will provide humanity within you have you ever view of our world if you of the universe the plan is for iran to send data to earth from outer space of a 70 s. It will not just record to visible havent really bodies but also once or that are invisible thats the key feature of an x. Ray telescope to register objects based on of their warmth and to their ideation and to send back 8 enormous scans of the entire sky. Scientists hope to discover up to 100000 galaxies the last experiment like this took place in the ninetys but back then they had a much weaker telescope if you get it the mission of the birch if this mission is successful it will be enormously important for the whole world as the next even more exact experiment can only start and 25 to 30 years you personally will not be here to experience it but if you want to shoot up your book the scientists at the Max Planck Institute in germany and to their counterparts at the lab in Research Center in russia hope to find out much more about socalled the dark and she. Also wants to know if the universe is still expanding and one of astrophysics most exciting questions but who. Does it have to do with our daily lives thats. Unfortunately we cannot tell yet but take your smartphone and think about what was needed in the past for this to work today. Because we dont know what will come of this but if we dont do it nothing will happen and when you get. To. Erode z. Days busy scanning the sky back on earth we can only dream of whats might come off its discovery so. Lets go now to the front tier of Space Research and bring in dr thomas mann ikeys the heroes either project director in baikonur good morning and thanks for joining us dr merrick and dark energy invisible objects black holes are you ready for surprises out there on your search. Good morning ryan thanks for having me well of course it is a very remarkable instrument in that sense that we not only have a very High Resolution and sensitivity but. Its going to conduct a truly unbiased survey of the entire sky and x. Rays and this is very important we are looking at the cosmos without any prejudices we are having our Great Potential to find new to make new discoveries so yes indeed this is truly the case ok so and openminded look at the cosmos and 7 years you hope to have viewed the entire universe but how can scientific instruments measure what were told is infinite or expanding. Well its primarily searching for socalled clusters of galaxies clusters of galaxies are. Collections of galaxy like our own that he way is. Thousands of them clumping together bound by gravity and these are the largest objects we know in the universe and by opposite thing these classes of galaxy we will understand much better how the universe it as a whole is working how the dynamics of the universe is developing in time and this is the main the primary objective of the mission and this leads hopefully to clue what we call dark energy ok the development of the universe over time sounds fascinating and and this is a joint german russian project why did you choose russia to partner with on this. Well in this collaboration russia provides their own capacities and also the spacecraft so both of vital components without. The window to the unit was which is theirs because germany is providing the telescope era zita which is important payloads on this mission so this telescope as i pointed out earlier has these remarkable features and is working with. Technology that was developed in gardening at munich Planck Institute for extraterrestrial physics and there are not many institutes in the woods who are able to produce the hardware like this by joining forces. This is i think the key to success in our mission ok many of us want to know if well be able to see the images that telescope it will be taking as they come in is there any possibility of any real time transmission of what he received scanning. Well you have to understand would be placed in an orbit around the leg or on jim point to which is quite remote from so were talking about 1500000 kilometers so unfortunately due to the sat up of the mission we will have tell them a tree when those one per day in which all of the collected data are of 24 hours will be downloaded to earth and we have to rely on these radio windows so i fortunately there wont be any lifestream ok but we will be getting something that we could look at the delay person interested in this project. Oh absolutely yes so after 4 years we will have conducted and total 8 service off the entire sky and the product of this remarkable search will be sky off the entire universe in x. Rays and this is something which in this precision this unprecedented and the picture our loan will be breathtaking dr mannix thanks very much for coming in joining us from baikonur and all the best to you with this mission from all of us here thanks so much for coming in thank you very much well we have some sports now on the u. S. Has beaten sweden 2 nil to become the last of 5 teams to advance into the knockout stages with a perfect record of 3 out of 3 wins many thought the game would be the americans 1st real test but they made short work of sweet. The americans waited less than 3 minutes before taking the lead against sweden the tournament favorites quick off the mark for the 3rd game in a row means a home run beating the swedish defenders to a new school from a corner to grab her 2nd of the tournament. Do us a how do we banked 16 goals before these game more than any other team so far so it was no surprise when they extended their lead at the start of the 2nd half this time it was forwards tobin heath who could use to finish. The swedes had once again failed to get the ball under control in their box and were once again punished. To nail the final score the usa become the latest team to go through with a perfect record of 3 out of 3 wins and show again why they tipped to go all the way. Lets get you a reminder now of our top stories at this hour protesters have returned to the streets of hong kong after their deadline for withdrawing a controversy or expedition treaty passed unmatched they say the bill which would put suspects from trial in communist Mainland China risks destroying the citys democratic institutions. Tensions in the gulf are soaring after aranda downed a u. S. Military drone earlier this week around says it has proof the surveillance craft was over its territory the New York Times is reporting that washington planned a limited strike on iran in response but then call from all. Of next the e. U. Keep sanctions against russia in place some sections that is more on that in our Business News with fidel do a loan stay tuned for that im brian thomas from the entire team actually. Means. 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